Reply #12: My dad [View All]

[Feathered Fish]

is one of those people that would want to be kept alive by any means necessary. The only reason I can think of is that he has a huge fear of death, because he isn't religious by any means.
I for one don't think it's worth the burden to be kept alive artificially, for anyone: my family who would have to deal with every fluctuation in my condition, or the pain of knowing that nothing is changing and the cost of care would be better spent on someone else.
However these decisions need to be made before the fact, and dammit, someone better start listening. As for Terri Schiavo, I don't know that much about the case, so I am not in a place to judge.